When the unexpected happens: intracardiac ECMO venous cannula kinking.
Alessandra Mayer MD1, Francesco Macchini MD, PhD2, Genny Raffaeli MD1, Stefano Ghirardello MD1, Federico Schena MD1, Ilaria Amodeo MD1, Lucia Mauri MD3, Chiara Baracetti RN1, Valeria Parente CCP1,4, Cristina Carro MD5, Fabio Mosca MD1,6, Giacomo Cavallaro MD, PhD1.
1Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, NICU, Milan, Italy.
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Milan, Italy.
3Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Cardiology Department, Milan, Italy
4Betamed Perfusion Service, Rome, Italy.
5GOM-Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Milan, Italy.
6Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Milan, Italy.
Keywords: ECMO, Cannula Problems, Intracardiac Kinking, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
Running title: Intracardiac Cannula kinking
*Corresponding Author: Giacomo Cavallaro, M.D., Ph.D., Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico. Via Della Commenda 12, 20122, Milano, Italy.